VNA 08/08/2009 - State President Nguyen Minh Triet on August 8 received the Venezuelan state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA)’s Vice President Asdrubal Chavez who is on a visit to Vietnam to work with the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN).

President Triet said he hopes that Vietnam and Venezuela ’s oil and gas cooperation would become a typical example of their multi-faceted cooperation.

He said in their economic, trade and investment cooperation, the two sides should attach importance to the political significance, friendship and solidarity between the two nations.

For his part, the PDVSA vice president informed the Vietnamese State President of the results of his working session with PVN officials, asserting that Vietnam and Venezuela ’s cooperation process has gained encouraging achievements since the State President’s official visit to Venezuela in last November.